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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Saturday's SIS Read-a-thon Updates and Report

Ok, first I will be putting everything in one post today and then just updating it so that I don't drive you too crazy with read-a-thon updates.

Update # 6

Total books read: 2
Total pages read: 607
Books read since last update: 2
Pages read since last update: 401
Total time read: 14 hours
Currently reading: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
How I'm currently feeling: Tired. I read for a long time last night (or rather this morning) and then I tried to sleep for only a few hours. I slept longer than I planned and I now I'm really tired. So I'm not doing this mini-challenge. I need to take a shower and wake-up. =)

Update #7

Total books read: 2
Total pages read: 622
Books read since last update:0
Pages read since last update:15
Total time read: 14.5 hours
Currently reading: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
How I'm currently feeling:Showered and awake. Taking my book and going to get a pedicure!

Mini Challenge: What book do I think should be taught in school and in what grade?

I think Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone should be read and discussed in grade school, probably 5th grade. The reason I do is because there are so many great lessons about being a kid that doesn't fit in in that book. Every kid goes through not fitting in in some form or another.

Update #8

Total books read: 2
Total pages read: 632
Books read since last update:0
Pages read since last update:10
Total time read: 15 hours
Currently reading: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
How I'm currently feeling: Not getting as much reading done as I wanted to. Have a family BBQ to attend but I brought my book. Afternoon will be more productive.

Mini challenge:
How would I organize my bookshelf of favorite books. Hmm. I talked to my daughter today about this and she said her's would have to be in alpha order by the authors last name. OCD much? That doesn't appeal to me. I have a bookshelf in my classroom of favorite books that I like to share with my students. I organize it by how much I like the books and a series MUST be in order. Then I have to re-organize it all the time because my students don't put them back in the right place. Luckily, some of my students are OCD and fix it for me. =)

Update #9

Total books read: 2
Total pages read: 652
Books read since last update:0
Pages read since last update:20
Total time read: 15.5 hours
Currently reading: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
How I'm currently feeling: Done with the BBQ and home now. Can finish strong and I'm ready!

Mini challenge:

So I'm supposed to make an anagram from my name Stuck in Books! If you want to make one - go here. Here's mine:

Update #10

Total books read: 2
Total pages read:695
Books read since last update:0
Pages read since last update:43
Total time read: 16.5 hours
Currently reading: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
How I'm currently feeling: Moving right along now. Tired but good.

Mini challenge: What is the funniest/most inspiring thing I read so far.

I haven't really read inspiring books so I'll go with funniest. In Hereafter, Amelia was trying to talk to Joshua while he was mostly asleep. I laughed a lot at his answers and wondered if he would even remember having the conversation. You see my son, Joshua talks to me like that and rarely remembers anything he says. The Joshua in the book managed to get enough of the conversation that he was where he was supposed to be the next day. But I couldn't help but think of my Joshua. Loved that scene. =)

Update #11

Total books read: 2
Total pages read:733
Books read since last update:0
Pages read since last update:38
Total time read: 17.5 hours
Currently reading: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
How I'm currently feeling: I want to finish this book!

Mini Challenge:

If I could live in the world of one book, what would it be? Oh this is hard. I can think of so many books that I would want to live in, it's hard to pick just one. Hmm. Living in the world of a book doesn't mean I get the leading guy, cause he's taken and frankly so am I. So I need to love the world not the characters necessarily. With that in mind, I think I would love to live in the world that Julie Kawaga has created for the Iron Fey series. I love the fey world that is there, the many magical creatures and the many possibilities. Puck is there and he makes me laugh. Yes, that is where I would want to live.

Final report

Total books read:3
Total pages read:849
Books read since last update: 1
Pages read since last update: 116
Total time read: 19.5 hours
Currently reading: Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin - finished
How I'm currently feeling: I didn't reach my goal but I read a lot! YAY!

My favorite book during the read-a-thon was Hereafter by Tara Hudson. It was really long, almost half of my reading, but by far the best.

I participated in all but one mini-challenge. I was a little hurried this morning and didn't do the combine two characters one.

I think I like the challenge where we used pictures to create book titles the best.

I really liked that the read-a-thon focused my time on reading. I got interrupted a lot but I could say, look I'm in a read-a-thon here!

I thought I would be able to do more reading than I did. I underestimated how much I would enjoy Hereafter. I never realized before that when I love a book, I have to stop and ;think about it, process if you will. This book demanded that of me and it took me much longer than I had hoped. I'm happy with what I got done though. I really enjoyed re-reading Low Red Moon.

I do think the updates may have been too close together. Three hours may have worked better. I needed more concentrated reading time.

I really liked the read-a-thon and would only change the closeness of the updates. I loved the twitter chatting.

I would do a read-a-thon again. This was my first so I wasn't sure what to expect of if or me. I think I will do a better job of preparing for it next time. Maybe I could prepare my posts ahead of time to some extent. I would clear my schedule better than I did this time. I would be picker about the books I choose to read.

Thanks www.squeakybooks.com for sponsoring the read-a-thon! Great Job!

Great progress, I was planning on joining the read-a-thon but ended up having to run around yesterday and didn't get a chance to sit down and read until late at night.And I have to say I'm with you're daughter on organizing a bookshelf, than it goes by size but that's because I have books all over my room. I can't even remember what made me alphabetize

Like you, I think I want to be better organized for my next read-a-thon. For this one, I picked books that I've REALLY been wanting to read that were sitting on my TBR bookshelf, without thinking of how big they were or what kind of reading they were (some books you have to read slower, because of the subject matter or the way they are written - Atonement and The Devil in the White City were two of mine) - BUT, then I think, "Well, heck! They were really good, and they made my reading time fun, so ... who cares how big they were" :) I really don't have an organization system other than for my TBR bookshelf (challenge books on top, hardcovers by size on first shelf, paperbacks by size on second shelf and on the third shelf, and review books in order of receipt on the bottom shelf), but I will make it a goal to buy more bookshelves this year, since right now, my other shelf has books stacked two front and back piles for each shelf/books on top/books stacked on the filing cabinet beside it. Great job on the readathon!